Women in Power Milestones - Where's Maggie?

The Equalities Office has produced a list of 'milestones' celebrating 'women in power' that didn't name Margaret Thatcher as Britain's first woman Prime Minister. Strangely, for a government 'fact sheet', it did name several prominent Labour politicians...none of whom have been Prime Minister! In itself this isn't really a serious oversight, but if they get it so wrong on trivial matters, how can we be sure that they are right on the serious issues?

Your Thursday questions are: -

1. Which song was first published today in 1814 as a poem, "Defence of Fort McHenry", by Francis Scott Key?

   
   
2. British racing driver Damon Hill (right) was born today in 1960 and won his only Formula 1 World Championship for which team in 1996?

   
   
3. Who was born today in 1901 and circumnavigated the globe, single-handed, in a yacht called 'Gipsy Moth IV'?
   

Yesterday's Answers: 1. General Motors; 2. Humphrey Bogart & Jason Robards; 3. Marc Bolan

Colin Montgomerie European Ryder Cup Captain

For the next Ryder Cup match, to be played at The Celtic Manor Resort in 2010, the European captain is to be Colin Montgomerie.

As someone who like to follow a little white ball around the countryside, I think this is a great choice. I am a big fan of Monty and hope he can capture the form he showed as a player in his role as captain.

So, today's questions are: -

1. Which university refused to give Margaret Thatcher an honorary degree today in 1986?


2. In which US State was Oprah Winfrey born today in 1954(pictured, right, at her 50th birthday party)?


3. What was the most famous quote from Brenda Ann Spencer who went on a shooting spree at her local school in San Diego, killing two people, today in 1979?

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Henry Morton Stanley; 2. Frodo Baggins; 3. Danny DeVito

Five Presidents for Lunch

Can you imagine it, five US Presidents around the same lunch table! I for one would want to be a fly on the wall of that room. (I wonder if anyone asked Bill, "How's Hillary?")

That's another reason that the phrase 'Only in America' is so apt; could you really see Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, John Major and Margaret Thatcher sitting down at the same table together with David Cameron (once he'd been elected as the next Prime Minister)? I'd like to think it could happen, but don't think it will.

Today's questions: -

1. What does the R stand for in the name of singer R Kelly who was born today in 1967?


2. Who is this snooker player (right) that was born today in 1978 in Hong Kong?


3. Which famous painting was first exhibited in the USA today in 1962 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC?
   

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Golf; 2. Liberal Democratic Party; 3. Galileo Galilei